The Cartography Project

The Cartography Project

A new curatorial music program

A collaboration with the Kennedy Center’s Social Impact team, the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera, The Cartography Project is a multi-year commissioning project engaging artists from around the nation to map Black dignity and Black futures.

A Social Impact Program

About the Project

Inspired by the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a visual interpretation of the moral trauma of our history, The Cartography Project seeks to use music as both a source of healing and a way to open dialogue about the future of anti-racism. The NSO, WNO, and Kennedy Center will be commissioning composers and librettists from regions spanning the entire country to create work that responds to an event that has occurred in that region and also asks, “Where do we go from here?”

Sponsors

Amazon Web Services, The Bernstein Family Foundation, The Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The Orlebeke Foundation

Additional support provided by

Bernstein Family Foundation, the Microsoft Corporation, and the Orlebeke Foundation